Jim McQuaid is a filmmaker and writer living in Durham, NC.

The product of a liberal education, McQuaid taught design and photography in college art departments, then worked in high technology marketing and finally came to video production and indie film. All while actively writing on the side.

His films, like Me (with You, deal with issues like love and loss, family and generations, and the promise of youth.

In addition to his personal work, he has shot films of all kinds for other filmmakers, from simple personal stories to One Last Sunset Redux, a feature-length zombie movie. He has also worked as AD on a variety of longer projects like local indie feature Strings. McQuaid also produces performance, training and interview videos for commercial clients to support his filmmaking habit.

He is an active member of the local filmmaking community in the Raleigh-Durham region of North Carolina, coordinating a screenwriters group, ready to help on set and always available to “do lunch.”